I'm not rooting for him to fail, but I believe strongly that if he adopts the "centrist" stay the course foreign policy he will fail but worse the United States will fail and that will hurt all of us whether we vote for him or not. I want change, but I no longer I'm believe I'm going to get it.

Posted at July 20, 2008 5:10 PM in response to Election Central Sunday Roundup

Thanks for reminding me Obama is not a liberal.

Posted at July 20, 2008 5:06 PM in response to Election Central Sunday Roundup

Did you read the thread header?

Posted at July 20, 2008 3:06 PM in response to Top Israeli Predicts Conventional -- and then Nuclear Attack on Iran

I guess Israel isn't in the "region" then or are you pretending they don't have nukes? It boggles the mind how people can believe that a nuclear armed Israel doesn't provoke an arms race by those who feel threatened by Israel. And since this thread is just one of a zillion on how Israel DOES threaten Iran why wouldn't Iran feel threatened by Israel and seek weapons or allies in response? It's simple game theory. I don't know why ideology and religious beliefs so blind people to objective cause and effect, action and reaction. And fine, tell me Iran threatens Israel. So what, it's still the same game, action and reaction, escalation and war.

Posted at July 20, 2008 2:57 PM in response to Top Israeli Predicts Conventional -- and then Nuclear Attack on Iran

I think "national security" just falls into the greater ethos of the Republicans that they're the party most likely to kill people for you be they criminals or foreigners. Pandering to the emotional fixation Americans have about obliterating threats, real or imagined, can't be at the expense of a long-term strategy that actually makes sense for Americans. We can't "win" on that issue regardless, so don't make stupid policy decisions.

Posted at July 20, 2008 2:50 PM in response to Election Central Sunday Roundup

If Obama is elected that will be ancient history, he'll be held just as accountable for Afghanistan as LBJ was for JFK's war in Vietnam. I'm just saying that without an exit strategy, promising to increase forces in Afghanistan is the same trap the Soviets fell into and don't think there won't be others in some other country playing "Charlie Wilson" against the US if we stay there.

Posted at July 20, 2008 2:45 PM in response to Election Central Sunday Roundup

Most Americans, having better things to do on Sunday afternoon than blog (my lawn is calling me), don't have a lot of information, true, but that being the case, I'm not sure how they tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans. They both do the same "support the troops" visits to the war zones, and they both mouth empty promises about "progress" and "timelines" and blah, blah, blah. Democrats never want to do anything radical like, say, offer Americans a choice.

Obama today defines Afghanistan as the central front in our war against terrorism. (Gee, still fighting the "war" against "terrorism". Change?) He may regret saying that. What foreign nation has ever won a war in Afghanistan?

Posted at July 20, 2008 1:32 PM in response to Election Central Sunday Roundup

Yes, but they all get tempted. JFK got pushed to the right and we got the missile crisis, then LBJ got invested in Vietnam... Even the ones who aren't warmongers by nature get seduced.

Posted at July 20, 2008 1:00 PM in response to Election Central Sunday Roundup

That's right and since the Democratic Party has yet to demonstrate any capacity to actually stand up to Republicans to end the war in Iraq, promising to increase our commitment to Afghanistan while he's got Democrats unwilling to get out of Iraq, wanting to get into Iran and others wanting to fund every defense contractor in their home district is a heck of way to be totally over committed. Plus, Dubya will probably arrange a stock market crash as his last act in office.

Posted at July 20, 2008 12:57 PM in response to Election Central Sunday Roundup

Obama better be careful on Afghanistan. If he let's that become his war, we're just going to have one more President with his ego getting in the way of a clear eyed assessment of what is in the interests of the American people.

Posted at July 20, 2008 12:46 PM in response to Election Central Sunday Roundup